Sentence examples for served as master of from inspiring English sources

He also cheerfully served as Master of the Revels -- equal parts lord mayor, court jester and benevolent tout -- heralding attractions in impeccable Elizabethan English.

John Brownlee served as master of ceremony.

"Ah, everybody wants to preach," chuckled the Rev. Bill Adkins, who served as master of ceremonies.

He also served as Master of the Fairfield and Westchester Hounds from 1929 to 1933.

He proudly served as Master of his Masonic Lodge in NY.

Justin Vivian Bond, the irrepressible transgender cabaret performer and New York night-life fixture, served as master of ceremonies.

This is a venue for much lower level cruising, for fun hanging out and gay weddings – Fran Drescher has already served as master-of-ceremonies at three gay weddings here for her reality show, Happily Divorced.

Patricia Hoffbauer and George Emilio Sanchez, the performance artists who served as masters of ceremonies, termed the making of art a protest against despair and chaos, Mr. Sanchez affirming, "We shall overcome with a step, a leap, a song and a story".

They served as masters of ceremonies at the March on Washington, and Davis spoke at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy established themselves as one of the premiere couples of the American stage in the 1950s, a position they would hold until Tandy's death in 1994.

They were friends with baseball star Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel — Dee played her, opposite Robinson himself, in the 1950 movie, The Jackie Robinson Story — and with the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X. Dee and Davis served as masters of ceremonies for the historic 1963 March on Washington and she spoke at both the funerals for King and Malcom X.

basketball team by enlisting Coach Shaka Smart to serve as master of ceremonies for the warm-up program.